April was ‘Distracted Driving’ month, but the theme is resonating into the month of May. The effects of events held by various organizations, articles are written, and hundreds of thousands of issued citations are signs that distracted driving is a serious issue not to take lightly. The past and recent rulings in distracted driving lawsuits are a clear sign that companies need to pay more attention to their occupational drivers.
GPS Trackit is devoted to bringing you industry related news and information. On a weekly basis, we will post highlights from news found across the net that relates to GPS tracking, hardware, software, vehicle tracking and location, or asset monitoring and protection. This weeks news focus is on distracted driving.
4 million drivers and 700,000 fleet operators were directly affected by the ban on cell phone use while driving, put into law by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) at the beginning of the year.With the ban being in place since the first quarter of the year, ZoomSafer decided to take a survey to learn how businesses are coping with the changes.
Distracted driving has been a growing topic over the past few months. The problem is, fleet managers are realizing that texting is not the only danger in distracted driving. With the National Transportation Safety Board placing a ban on texting while driving commercial fleet vehicles, it has industry companies realizing there are other ways drivers […]
When it comes to the topic of distracted driving, it affects everyone on the road. Society is in such a rush and has so much on their plate these days, both in their personal and professional lives, they tend to look to driving as an additional time management solution. Yes, you read that correctly. Driving […]
